I am inclined to agree. I'm extremely nervous, even with Mac in the lineup, as to what they might try to do in this game. I am totally fine with benching our stars, our role players can certainly compete for a win anyway.

Ottawa is gonna have to play a fairly non goonish game I would assume. They lost tonight, they need to win to keep their playoff chances in good standing. They can't just treat this game like a good squad or they are gonna take themselves right out of the playoff picture.

These are hockey players, not figure skaters. Cookie has to fight. Beyond that, keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself. I would hope RS has been hammering the league offices about this, telling them he doesn't want what happened in the Islanders game. The league doesn't want that either, so again I would hope they sent a message to the Sens that thuggery will not be tolerated. The Senators don't need 4 guys suspended on the eve of the playoffs.

Cooke will fight again, and there may be some other fights. The only way it gets out of hand is if Cooke wins a fight early against someone he shouldn't. The Islanders scenario isn't the norm, usually you get a few fights out of hte way early and then play hockey, not skate around for 60 minutes looking for cheap shots.

Steve Dave wrote:Was thinking about this today as Vokoun was stellar in net. What if they go after Fleury? Or would Blysma start Vokoun back to back games and Fleury against Buffalo?

Disco has said Fleury will play the last 3 games.

Oh, I thought he said 3 of the last 4 games.

He said 3 out of the last 5. I'm pretty sure that they'll play Vokoun-Fleury on Mon-Tues

Right, but my concern was Fleury playing against Ottawa which is Monday, hence Vokoun would play back to back games and Fleury the remaining 3 games but I don't envision Blysma doing this. Just hope Fleury doesn't play vs Ottawa.

cooke does not have to fight, and most likely he will not fight. He never seems to fight (which i am ok with). But it is not like it is a given that he needs to fight. This was an accident. Tyler Myers broke Malkins leg taking him into the boards on a hit, and was never asked to fight. If ottawa comes out looking to goon it up, then they are going to find themselves in a real difficult sitation trying to make the playoffs. They need this game real bad.